Don't confiscate my citizenship

Rock Box Mountain is one of the transportation hub city-states in the northern part of the Protos Empire.

Surrounded by rolling mountains, the meandering rivers in the mountains pass through the city, bringing endless vitality to the city when spring comes.

The architectural style is deeply influenced by mountain elements, mainly using stone and wood, and cleverly integrates with the surrounding natural landscape.

But this year's weather has been weird and extremely cold.

Even the cities in the southern part of the empire that are warm all year round are said to have snowed at the beginning of winter.

It's already early March, and there's still no sign of the cold wave fading away. Heavy snow even falls from time to time, dyeing most of the city's buildings white, blending perfectly with the surrounding snowscape and icy mountains.

The magic train station in Box Mountain is located on the westernmost side of the city-state, known as the "Rock Intersection". It is one of the busiest transportation transfer stations in the entire city-state and even in the north. The building itself is an ingenious work of art, combined with modern technology The building is built with traditional stone processing methods, making it both strong and insulated from cold winds.

On the railway tracks at the station, the sound of brakes and the friction between wheels and rails gradually became louder.

A magic train coming from the south quickly entered the platform level.

Inside the carriage, next to the window seat in the front row.

"It looks like it's already a controlled area at this point."

Lan Qi closed the book in his hand with one hand, put it away, looked at the slowly slowing scenery outside the window and muttered to himself.

According to the itinerary, the two of them should get off the train in this city, and then transfer to the next train after passing inspection.

In other words, all passengers who come to this station have only two choices after passing the identity check.

Continuing all the way to the north is the northern border front.

Turning to the west, you will arrive at the Northwest Province, which is also the province that borders the Kingdom of Estherland.

"To be honest, I've never been here before."

Sid yawned and covered his mouth.

When the three bishops chose to preach, the Hegemonic Catholic Church chose the south bank, which is relatively stable and conservative, while the Annihilation Bishop chose the north and west of the imperial capital, which is the most chaotic and close to the battle lines. The Mourning Bishop chose the relatively wealthy but most aristocratic city. To the east of the complex imperial capital.

Almost one third each, with the imperial capital Herrom as the intersection.

From the time Lanqi and West Germany started heading north, there were no longer any priests from the silver-armored Overlord branch. Instead, there were priests of Annihilation who mainly wore dark gray clothes and priests of mourning who mainly wore dark blue clothes. Arriving at the control zone a little further north, there is only the Priest of Annihilation.

"Why don't you choose the east side?"

Lan Qi asked curiously.

Although these are issues that should not be discussed casually in public, it is precisely because other people will not understand what the two of them are talking about that there is no problem.

"The nobles in the east are very powerful and have many powerful people. Their relationships and factions are very stable. If you go there, you have to either please those big nobles or reach many cooperative relationships with them."

Syd said, crossing his arms.

In the public election that will be held in the imperial capital in more than a month, a large part of the votes will be held by the nobles of the House of Lords and the officials of the House of Commons.

Although choosing the east side obviously has a big advantage in the total number of key votes.

But she is obviously not willing to talk to the powerful people in the empire. If the other party dares to bite the nose, she may accidentally kill the noble.

Anyway, even if there is a family with an eighth-level guardian, she can still kill if she wants to, and no one can stop her.

But if she did this, her plan to become the spokesperson of the Resurrection Church in the Protos Empire would almost come to nothing.

She would rather choose the north than the east.

"That's it."

Lan Qi nodded, as he thought.

At present, it seems that with the help of himself as a pioneer, the Overlord Catholic Church can still gain a large number of support from nobles and officials in the south even if it does not have to do anything.

The key is to figure out the specific development of the Nirvana branch in the north and the Mourning branch in the east.

Luckily for the east side, there are informants from the Batian branch investigating and reporting the situation in real time.

In the north where the news was blocked, even if the Tyrant Priest responsible for intelligence was sent over, the transmission of news was seriously delayed.

So as a Catholic hegemon, Sigrid decided to come and take a look for herself.

More importantly, if the two of them can cause trouble, they may be able to deal a serious blow to the reputation of the Annihilation branch in the north.

"Speaking of the imperial aristocratic forces in the east, what is their attitude towards war?"

Lan Qi wasn't sure whether what he learned about the situation in the east was true. After all, there were some inside stories that couldn't be obtained just by asking around.

After all, Sigrid chose someone from the south. She should be more aware of the differences between the three parts of the empire.

Lan Qi also heard that some big nobles need to rely on war to stabilize their status. After all, the status of some families is based on force. He also heard that those big nobles wanted to cheat each other and were unable to step down in the end. There were also rumors that Some families have been running the military industry for a long time, waiting for the war to begin.

"Yes, but once the war starts, most of the nobles in the east will be completely behind. For them, their own interests always come first, so essentially they are anti-war factions."

"..."

"I don't want to deal with those big nobles, so I might as well choose the more determined conservatives from the south."

Sigrid obviously looked down upon the powerful people in the east, and did not care about their power and treasure.

But she thought about it again, and looked at Lan Qi aside with more energy in her eyes.

"It stands to reason that after a while, the nobles in the east may know the name Rocky McCarthy."

"why?"

"But there are many nobles who want their children to enroll in the Protos Royal Academy of Magic, the best school in the Protos Empire."

If you heard that Rocky McCarthy was the current principal, you would give him a thumbs up.

"I have always made a distinction between public and private matters. Don't expect me to do anything convenient for you through my authority."

Lan Qi reminded.

He didn't want his sacred profession to be misused by Sigrid.

Public is public, private is private.

Protos Royal Academy of Magic is his personal property and should not be used for official business of the Tyrant branch.

"Tsk, my favorability has dropped."

Syd clicked his tongue.

"Hey, didn't you say that the character of West Germany is separate from you? Why did West Germany's favorability level decrease?"

Lan Qi opened his eyes wide and said in surprise.

"Because Sid is a very willful girl."

"..."

Lan Qi was tempted but stopped.

He actually really wanted to ask Ba Catholic about his true age, but he was afraid that when he asked this question, West Germany would quit the team.

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